Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-E-LUCT'A-BLE, a. [L. ineluctabilis.]

Not to be resisted by struggling; not to be overcome. [Not used.] Pearson.

IN-E-LUD'I-BLE, a. [in and eludible.]

That can not be eluded or defeated. Glanville.

IN-EM'BRY-ON-ATE, a.

Not formed in embryo.

IN-E-NAR'RA-BLE, a. [L. inenarrabilis.]

That can not be narrated or told.

IN-EPT', a. [L. ineptus; in and aptus, fit, apt.]

1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable. Woodward.
2. Improper; unbecoming; foolish. More.

IN-EPT'I-TUDE, n.

Unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness; as, an ineptitude to motion. Arbuthnot.

IN-EPT'LY, adv.

Unfitly; unsuitably; foolishly. Glanville.

IN-EPT'NESS, n.

Unfitness. More.

IN-E'QUAL, a. [in and equal.]

Unequal; uneven; various. Shenstone.

IN-E-QUAL'I-TY, n. [L. inæqualitas; in and æqualis, equal; Fr. inegalité.]

1. Difference or want of equality in degree, quantity, length, or quality of any kind; the state of not having equal measure, degree, dimensions or amount; as, an inequality in size or stature; an inequality of numbers or of power; inequality of distances or of motions.
2. Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab.
3. Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; incompetency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul.
4. Diversity; want of uniformity in different times or places; as, the inequality of air or temperature.
5. Difference of rank, station or condition; as, the inequalities of men in society; inequalities of rank or property.

IN-E-QUI-DIS'TANT, a.

Not being equally distant. Say.

IN-E-QUI-LAT'ER-AL, a.

Having unequal sides. Say.

IN-EQUILIBRIO, adv. [L.]

In an even poise.

IN-EQ'UI-TA-BLE, a. [in and equitable.]

Not equitable; not just.

IN-E'QUI-VALVE, or IN-E-QUI-VAL'VU-LAR, a.

Having unequal valves.

IN-E-RAD'I-CA-BLE, a.

That can not be eradicated. Channing.

IN-E-RAD'IC-AL-LY, adv.

So as not to be eradicable.

IN-ER-GET'IC, or IN-ER-GET'IC-AL, a.

Having no energy.

IN-ER-GET'IC-AL-LY, adv.

Without energy.

IN-ERM', or IN-ERM'OUS, a. [L. inermis; in and arma, arms.]

Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf; a botanical word. Martyn.

IN-ER-RA-BIL'I-TY, n. [from inerrable.]

Exemption from error or from the possibility of erring; infallibility. King Charles.

IN-ER'RA-BLE, a. [in and err.]

That can not err; exempt from error or mistake; infallible. Hammond.

IN-ER'RA-BLE-NESS, n.

Exemption from error; inerrability. Hammond.

IN-ER'RA-BLY, adv.

With security from error; infallibly.

IN-ER-RAT'IC, a. [in and erratic.]

Not erratic or wandering; fixed. Paus. Trans.